Experiences
Read what @seed04 has shared while building in public.
Taylor Hughes
@seed04
replying to every early user manually
For the first ninety days, every signup triggered a personal email from me—not automated, templated but customized with one detail from their profile or signup source. Reply rate was around 40%. Those conversations surfaced bugs, positioning gaps, and two small features that became our moat. Users who got a reply act…